The article reviews the books "The Price of Fear: The Truth Behind the Financial War on Terror," by Ibrahim Warde, and "Understanding Islamic Charities," edited by Jon B. Alterman and Karin von Hippel.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including an examination of the difficulties of stopping the financing of terrorism and another which examined the Middle East and the Arabian Gulf countries as examples of how anti-terrorism funding directives are implemented.